Kyoto by Tomo

Following on from our success with a private guide in Tokyo, we did the same for our very short amount of time in Kyoto. We are staying in Osaka so could only fit in one day or as it happens part there of. We caught a train and Tomo met us at the station. My […]

Osaka: the food capital of Japan

From the get go Osaka felt different to Tokyo. It might just be the places we visited, but Tokyo seemed more orderly. For example; check out this photo of commuters lining up to get on the subway. I’ve never seen anything like it! They take polite to the extreme. Osaka seemed more relaxed in terms […]

Club Med Sahoro-Hokkaido 2024 (part 2)

You’ll never guess…….. Day 6……… yes I skied! When I drew the curtains to find a huge fresh dump of snow (something like 18cm) and our last day was to be powder, powder and more powder, what could I do? I had to try it. The snowshoe idea went out the window and I was […]

Sahoro-Hokkaido bloopers

As you can imagine, I am not short on material for a bloopers blog. Skiing, especially when I am involved, can be rather entertaining. The first two bloopers however are more related to the extreme exhaustion that travel and skiing lead to. 1. I’m at a different train station Bless her little heart, when we […]

Tokyo bloopers

As we travel to our next destination and following on from my Sydney bloopers blog, I will share with you some of our funnier moments in Tokyo. As you can imagine, there is much we didn’t understand having zero concept of the language. The most we knew; Konnichiwa (Hello) and Arigatou (Thank you). As far […]

Tokyo by Taka

For our first full day in Tokyo I decided to employee the services of a private tour guide through Get your guide. I had been researching for weeks and just couldn’t get my head around the city. It has many many layers; ground level, subway level, road tunnels, train tunnels, rivers and waterways, not to […]

A travel day and a Tokyo night

Long haul flights are never much fun. The first time I visited Japan, I naively thought that it wasn’t that far away. After my European travels it would seem quick and painless. I was sadly mistaken. In reality, it is a very long day. There’s the drive from Busselton to Perth, the time spent waiting […]

Travel Bee packing tips

The vacuum bag: These are a god send, particularly for winter holidays. With the Travel Bee’s departing for Japan in seven days, the bags are out and the ski gear looks huge. But, with the help of these nifty little bags it now only takes up one quarter of a 66cm case (per person). That’s […]

Food extravaganza – Sahoro Hokkaido

We have now arrived in Bangkok for the rest and recovery part of our holiday. But before I write anything about Bangkok, I feel I have missed something huge from Club Med Sahoro…… and that is the food. We had never done an all inclusive family holiday before so we really had no idea what […]